Test 1 · ★ · Copying and peeking in tests
«copied Josh's maths 3 times, never got caught, easy». What is the truth?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: truth · What happens: copy, not catch, be · To what, where: maths
This is test 1 · ★ of lesson 340 «Copying and peeking in tests» of the everyday course of Mova's primary school. The page gives the question's syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause, then the 4 options as the student saw them, each with its tree and pragmatics. Every text is parsed by Mova itself. How the student answered it, with the score of every option and why: the test at school.
The question
Sentence 1: «copied Josh's maths 3 times, never got caught, easy».
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 2 copied | punct |
| 2 | copied | copy | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | Josh | Josh | PROPN | Number=Sing | 5 maths | nmod:poss |
| 4 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 3 Josh | case |
| 5 | maths | math | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 copied | obj |
| 6 | 3 | 3 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 7 times | nummod |
| 7 | times | time | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 copied | obl:unmarked |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 11 caught | punct |
| 9 | never | never | ADV | PronType=Neg | 11 caught | advmod |
| 10 | got | get | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 11 caught | aux:pass |
| 11 | caught | catch | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 2 copied | parataxis |
| 12 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 13 easy | punct |
| 13 | easy | easy | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 11 caught | xcomp |
| 14 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 13 easy | punct |
| 15 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 copied | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | copy in a quote | past | Josh's maths | time | vn scribble-25.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent math=Theme | ||||
| 2 | not catch in a quote | past · passive | easy property | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP» |
One row per clause the reader finds. «not said here»: a role filled from the clause above. «roles by»: a VerbNet class and frame when one fits the verb, else the reader's rules on the tree.
Sentence 2: What is the truth?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | root | root |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 1 What | cop |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 truth | det |
| 4 | truth | truth | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 What | nsubj |
| 5 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 1 What | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | the truth | tree rules |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
It's fine if Josh agrees
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | It | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 fine | expl |
| 2 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 fine | cop |
| 3 | fine | fine | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 4 | if | if | SCONJ | _ | 6 agrees | mark |
| 5 | Josh | Josh | PROPN | Number=Sing | 6 agrees | nsubj |
| 6 | agrees | agree | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 fine | advcl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | fine property | tree rules | |||||
| 2 | agree speech: agree a condition, not said to happen | present | Josh | vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
Option 2
It's fine after three times
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | It | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 fine | expl |
| 2 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 fine | cop |
| 3 | fine | fine | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 4 | after | after | ADP | _ | 6 times | case |
| 5 | three | three | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 6 times | nummod |
| 6 | times | time | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 fine | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | time | fine property | tree rules |
Option 3 · ✓ the right answer
It can still be noticed any day, and Josh can get in trouble too
The tree, 14 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | It | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 noticed | nsubj:pass |
| 2 | can | can | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 5 noticed | aux |
| 3 | still | still | ADV | _ | 5 noticed | advmod |
| 4 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 5 noticed | aux:pass |
| 5 | noticed | notice | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 6 | any | any | DET | PronType=Ind | 7 day | det |
| 7 | day | day | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 noticed | obl:unmarked |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 12 get | punct |
| 9 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 12 get | cc |
| 10 | Josh | Josh | PROPN | Number=Sing | 12 get | nsubj |
| 11 | can | can | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 12 get | aux |
| 12 | get | get | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 5 noticed | parataxis |
| 13 | in | in | ADP | _ | 14 trouble | case |
| 14 | trouble | trouble | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 get | obl |
| 15 | too | too | ADV | _ | 12 get | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | notice | can · passive | It | still; day | vn see-30.1-1 «NP V S»: subject=Stimulus | ||||
| 2 | get | can | Josh | trouble | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer |
Option 4
It's only cheating in tests, not in homework, so it doesn't count
The tree, 14 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | It | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 cheating | nsubj |
| 2 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 cheating | aux |
| 3 | only | only | ADV | _ | 4 cheating | advmod |
| 4 | cheating | cheat | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 5 | in | in | ADP | _ | 6 tests | case |
| 6 | tests | test | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 cheating | obl |
| 7 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 10 homework | punct |
| 8 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 10 homework | advmod |
| 9 | in | in | ADP | _ | 10 homework | case |
| 10 | homework | homework | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 cheating | conj |
| 11 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 16 count | punct |
| 12 | so | so | ADV | _ | 16 count | advmod |
| 13 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 16 count | nsubj |
| 14 | does | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 16 count | aux |
| 15 | n't | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 16 count | advmod |
| 16 | count | count | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 4 cheating | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | cheat | present · progressive | It | tests | vn cheat-10.6.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 2 | not count | present · do-support | homework | vn matter-91 «NP V»: agent=Stimulus |
Text: the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (world/data/school/), as the course runner gave them to the student. Trees: Mova's own parse — the en model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.
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